D.C. United vs Sporting Kansas City, 2025 MLS, Regular Season

Mar 9, 2025, 12:30 AM · MLS

60': Christian Benteke (P)
68': Hosei Kijima

FT
2 - 1

53': Erik Thommy

DC United score twice in second half to down Sporting KC

D.C. United got second-half goals from Christian Benteke and Hosei Kijima to complete their comeback and defeat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 at home on Saturday night.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
5': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pirani (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Schnegg with a cross.
5': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
5': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Joaquín Fernández.
6': Foul by Christian Benteke (D.C. United).
6': Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by David Schnegg (D.C. United).
8': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
10': Gabriel Pirani (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Foul by David Schnegg (D.C. United).
15': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
18': Foul by Peglow (D.C. United).
18': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Peglow (D.C. United).
19': Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
20': Gabriel Pirani (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
20': Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jared Stroud with a cross.
26': Delay in match because of an injury Kim Joon-Hong (D.C. United).
28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
28': Christian Benteke (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Foul by Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City).
30': Attempt blocked. Jared Stroud (D.C. United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Pirani.
30': Foul by Peglow (D.C. United).
30': Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Boris Enow (D.C. United).
31': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Boris Enow (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33': Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by David Schnegg (D.C. United).
33': Foul by Christian Benteke (D.C. United).
33': Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Attempt blocked. Aaron Herrera (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
34': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Erik Thommy.
35': Foul by Jared Stroud (D.C. United).
35': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Attempt blocked. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
36': Offside, D.C. United. Christian Benteke is caught offside.
38': Foul by Peglow (D.C. United).
38': Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Peglow (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Christian Benteke (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
40': Foul by Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City).
40': Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
41': Hand ball by Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City).
42': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aaron Herrera with a cross.
44': Delay in match (Sporting Kansas City).
44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Attempt missed. Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Logan Ndenbe.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+3': First Half ends, D.C. United 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
45': Second Half begins D.C. United 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jansen Miller replaces Dany Rosero.
48': Foul by Hosei Kijima (D.C. United).
48': Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy is caught offside.
50': Attempt missed. David Schnegg (D.C. United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Jared Stroud.
51': Foul by Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City).
51': Gabriel Pirani (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52': Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
53': Goal! D.C. United 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Davis.
56': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Pirani (D.C. United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
56': Aaron Herrera (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
56': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City).
58': Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Schnegg with a cross.
59': Penalty D.C. United. Peglow draws a foul in the penalty area.
59': Penalty conceded by Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) after a foul in the penalty area.
60': Goal! D.C. United 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
61': Offside, D.C. United. Christian Benteke is caught offside.
62': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Joaquín Fernández.
63': Foul by Jared Stroud (D.C. United).
63': John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Logan Ndenbe.
66': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Herrera with a cross following a corner.
66': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Manu García following a fast break.
68': Goal! D.C. United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Hosei Kijima (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Peglow with a cross.
70': Substitution, D.C. United. Jacob Murrell replaces Jared Stroud.
72': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Hosei Kijima.
72': Substitution, D.C. United. Matti Peltola replaces Boris Enow.
74': Foul by Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City).
74': Gabriel Pirani (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Offside, D.C. United. Hosei Kijima is caught offside.
76': Foul by Christian Benteke (D.C. United).
76': Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Christian Benteke (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76': Foul by Aaron Herrera (D.C. United).
77': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
79': Delay in match (Sporting Kansas City).
79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
80': Attempt missed. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
81': Substitution, D.C. United. Brandon Servania replaces Peglow.
81': Substitution, D.C. United. Dominique Badji replaces Christian Benteke.
82': Substitution, D.C. United. Lukas MacNaughton replaces Gabriel Pirani.
82': Foul by Jacob Murrell (D.C. United).
82': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
84': Attempt missed. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by William Agada.
85': Hand ball by Jacob Murrell (D.C. United).
86': Foul by Dominique Badji (D.C. United).
86': Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
87': Matti Peltola (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Erik Thommy.
90': Dominique Badji (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City).
90': Kim Joon-Hong (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card.
90': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Zorhan Bassong.
90'+1': Dominique Badji (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+1': Foul by Manu García (Sporting Kansas City).
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Matti Peltola (D.C. United).
90'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+5': Attempt missed. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Manu García with a cross.
90'+8': Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+8': Foul by Lukas MacNaughton (D.C. United).
90'+8': Lukas MacNaughton (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+9': Foul by Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City).
90'+9': Kim Joon-Hong (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+10': Delay in match because of an injury Kim Joon-Hong (D.C. United).
90'+11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+11': Aaron Herrera (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card.
90'+12': Second Half ends, D.C. United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
0': Match ends, D.C. United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.

Statistics

SKC		DC
13	Fouls	19
4	Yellow Cards	6
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
1	Corner Kicks	6
2	Saves	0
56.3	Possession	43.7
7	SHOTS	11
1	ON GOAL	4
0.1	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
374	Accurate Passes	264
480	Passes	368
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	6
14	Crosses	15
0.4	Cross %	0.4
77	Long Balls	74
29	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	3
10	Effective Tackles	11
20	Tackles	19
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	11
31	Effective Clearances	27
31	Clearances	27

Game Information

Competition: MLS
12:30 AM, Sun, Mar 9, 2025
Venue: Audi Field
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Attendance: 15,183

MLS Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	7	+7	16
2	San Diego FC	7	+7	14
3	Minnesota United FC	7	+4	14
4	Austin FC	7	+2	13

Full Standings

Line-Ups

D.C. United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Kim Joon-Hong (GK)
15	Kye Rowles
3	Lucas Bartlett
28	David Schnegg
22	Aaron Herrera
10	Gabriel Pirani
6	Boris Enow
77	Hosei Kijima
20	Christian Benteke
7	João Peglow
8	Jared Stroud

D.C. United Substitutes:

Lukas MacNaughton, Rida Zouhir, Brandon Servania, Fidel Barajas, Luis Barraza, Dominique Badji, Matti Peltola, Jacob Murrell, Derek Dodson.

Sporting Kansas City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	John Pulskamp (GK)
24	Joaquín
5	Dany Rosero
18	Logan Ndenbe
17	Jacob Davis
21	Manu García
6	Nemanja Radoja
22	Zorhan Bassong
9	Dejan Joveljic
26	Erik Thommy
93	Shapi Suleymanov

Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:

Jacob Bartlett, Mason Toye, Ryan Schewe, Dániel Sallói, Robert Voloder, Memo Rodríguez, William Agada, Jansen Miller.

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